I was looking at your pictures with the horses in blankets. It's still hot here. Sarah Lee really having a hard time. She was huffying and puffing after being longed and rode awhile yesterday. The owner took my hand and placed it on the horses front width (chest area) She was very hot. I had to walk her a little before feeding her. I'm still so ignorant about some of this stuff. lol The trainer told me to cool her down, so hey I took her to the wash rack and picked up the hose. She came running over , yelling, "no, I meant walk her, not wet her" :')
Well, I don't think hosing her down hurts any, and I don't think walking in the sun helps them feel good as fast as a bath! I always hose mine down. Becky? I bet cooling properly is one of your fortes.
The advice someone gave me was to wet their legs only. Not the entire horse. Luckily I never did have any overheating problems with my horse even though we were out in very hot weather at times. We did see horses have overheating troubles and even a rider pass out and fall off his horse. Usually the horses that had the heat problems were out of condition, like a couch potato.